African Horse Sickness + Equine Encephalosis Flashcards
African horse sickness is mostly a peracute disease
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African horse sickness virus is endemic in Russia since 2008
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The Infectious equine arthritis and the African horse sickness have similar clinical signs
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The Infectious equine arthritis and the African horse sickness have similar clinical signs
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Oedemas and haemorrhages are the most frequent lesions in African horse sickness
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African horse sickness is spread by ticks
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African horse sickness is zoonotic
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Frothy nasal discharge is a characteristic sign of African horse sickness
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The subacute form of African horses sickness is causing oedema formation and heart failure
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Encephalitis is the most frequent sign of African horse sickness
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Acute form of African horse sickness occurs mainly in zebras and horses
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Carnivores are susceptible to African horse sickness
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Occasionally carnivores may get infected with African horse sickness virus
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The natural reservoirs of the African horse sickness virus are mainly zebras
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Subcutaneous oedema is a frequent symptom of subacute African horse sickness
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Zebras are more resistant to African horse sickness than horses
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Immunized horses may develop a chronic febrile form of the African horse sickness
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Zebras are not susceptible to African horse sickness
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Wild birds play the most important role in the spreading of African horse sickness
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The chronic form of African horse sickness may be similar to EIA
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African horse sickness is a communicable disease
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In the pathogenesis of African horse sickness, viraemia lasts longer in horse than in zebras
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The African horse sickness is endemic in Europe and in the USA
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The signs of chronic African Horse Sickness and Equine Infectious anaemia may be similar
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The natural reservoirs of the African Horse Sickness virus are mainly zebras
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African horse sickness was transported to Europe by migratory birds
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African horse sickness can cause encephalitis
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African horse sickness is a notifiable (communicable) disease in Europe
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African horse sickness can cause lung oedema
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African horse sickness is prevented in Africa by combined vaccines
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African Horse Sickness is a frequent disease, distributed worldwide
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Respiratory signs are the most frequent symptoms in acute African Horse Sickness
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The differential diagnosis of African Horse Sickness and Tetanus is rather complicated
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African Horse Sickness is spread primarily by “small mosquitos”
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Carriers for African Horse Sickness are zebras and donkeys
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African Horse Sickness is not present in Europe today
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African Horse Sickness is caused by an arbovirus
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African Horse Sickness is caused by Orbivirus
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The most characteristic post mortem lesion in African Horse Sickness is haemorrhages and
oedema
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Reservoir for African Horse Sickness is zebras and donkeys
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African Horse Sickness is presented mainly per-acutely in donkeys
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African Horse Sickness virus only infect horses
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Horses are more susceptible than zebra in African Horse Sickness
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Haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis is the most frequent sign of the African Horse Sickness
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The African Horse Sickness virus may infect dogs too
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The African Horse Sickness and the Infectious Equine Arteritis may have similar clinical signs
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African horse sickness is a world-wide distributed and frequent disease
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The subacute form of the African horse sickness is mainly characterized by oedematisation
and cardiac dysfunctions
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Horse encephalosis is endemic in Africa
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Equine encephalosis can result in abortion
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Equine encephalosis is transmitted by mosquitoes
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Equine encephalosis causes the most severe clinical signs in Zebras
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Horse encephalosis occurs only in America
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Equine encephalosis causes high mortality
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Attenuated and inactivated vaccines are available against equine encephalosis
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Horse encephalosis appeared several times in Europe between 2006 and 2009
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Midges are the main vectors of the Equine encephalosis virus
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